Goldsmiths Law symposium at the British Academy exploring the ECHR's effect on UK law vis-a-vis UK government hostility towards European human rights On 9 November 2018, twenty years will have passed since the enactment of the Human Rights Act, which has incorporated...

Judicial independence is increasingly under threat, at home and abroad. The rise of populist and nationalist sentiment threatens to undermine the separation of powers, with judges being portrayed as elitist and ‘enemies of the people’, and governmental interference...

The Academy of Ideas have partnered with Brunel University for the Debating Matters London North Championship on 5 March 2018. This all-day event will see 150 students from 12 schools across London debating Human Rights, facilitated by experts at Brunel. The day is...

Fighting Terrorism Within the Law Max Hill QC 12.00 – 1.30pm Tuesday 27th February 2018 Moot Court Elliot Jaques Building Brunel University London Kingston Lane Uxbridge UB8 3PH The Brunel Law School and the “Knowing Our Rights” project are delighted to host a special...

The 'Knowing our Rights' research project and the Brunel Law Society are delighted to invite you to a launch of Sir Geoffrey Nice QC’s new book: Justice for All and How to Achieve It: Citizens, lawyers and the law in the age of human rights. What is a crime against...

It’s one of the trickiest legal and ethical questions of the modern age: should terrorists be denied their human rights in the interest of security? Should they simply be treated as rights-less? Come hear an in depth discussion of this vital contemporary matter, from...

The ‘Knowing Our Rights’ project has sponsored, and supported, a programme of screenings and panel discussions as part of the Refugee Week at the BFI Southbank this summer, helping shed light on the human tragedies that we are witnessing on the shores of the...

The Knowing Our Rights project proudly sponsored the BFI’s Refugee Rights Week at BFI Southbank. The week was a nationwide celebration of the contributions refugees make to the UK. Three fascinating screenings with introductions and discussions and also an immersive...